From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.5-pre1 (2020-06-20) on ip-172-31-74-118.ec2.internal X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_50 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.5-pre1 Date: 27 May 93 16:12:25 GMT From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.ed u!cs.utexas.edu!milano!photon.mcc.com!breland@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Mark A. Bre land) Subject: Re: interesting thread on comp.edu Message-ID: List-Id: In article 11713@seas.gwu.edu, mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) writes: > >A comment was made that a language should provide unsage stuff, but with ^^^^^^ >safe alternatives, and done in a way so as to be sure that programmers >know they are using the unsafe stuff. The poster said that C++ is >"evolving" in this direction. I resisted the temptation to say how >delighted I was that C++ is finally evolving, in this area, to where >Ada was 10 years ago. Do I detect something Freudian here? ;) --- Mark A. Breland - Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) Ada Fault Tolerance | voice: (512) 338-3509 3500 West Balcones Center Drive | FAX: (512) 338-3900 Austin, Texas 78759-6509 USA | internet: breland@mcc.com